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Place of Birth: Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam
About Thanh Tùng
- for the commune see Thanh Tùng (commune)Thanh Tùng (15 September 1948 – 15 March 2016) was a Vietnamese pop music composer and songwriter.
- He was born in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, but moved to Hanoi at age 6.
- Thanh Tùng graduated from the Pyongyang Conservatory in 1971 and worked for Voice of Vietnam from 1971 to 1975.
- After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, he returned to Sài Gòn, now H? Chí Minh City, and contributed to the establishment of Ho Chi Minh City Television's orchestra.
- He also worked as conductor and art manager of Bông Sen (Lotus) music company.
- He worked for H? Chí Minh City Association of Musicians. Thanh Tùng composed his first pop song, "Cây s?u riêng tr? bông", in 1975.
- Since then, he has written over 200 songs.
- His songs are very popular among Vietnamese young people, for example "Hát v?i chú ve con", "Hoàng hôn màu lá", "Chuy?n tình c?a bi?n", "L?i t? tình c?a mùa xuân", "Ngôi sao cô don", "Câu chuy?n nh? c?a tôi", "Hoa tím ngoài sân", "Em và tôi", "Ph? bi?n", "Mua ngâu", "L?i cu ta v?".
- The song "M?t mình" has a chorus which resembles that of a Russian folk song.Tùng was also a businessman, who has interests in mineral water, the restaurant and hotel businesses, and real estate.
- He owns a discotheque and opened a restaurant called The Twins in July 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City.
- He died on 15 March 2016 at the age of 67.
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